diff --git a/examples/simple/BUILD b/examples/simple/BUILD
index 34583e2eac..5b7a83cfa4 100644
--- a/examples/simple/BUILD
+++ b/examples/simple/BUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ cc_binary(
     deps = [
         ":foo_library",
         "//api",
+        "//examples/simple:foo_library",
         "//sdk/src/trace",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/examples/simple/library.cc b/examples/simple/library.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index ce33c6aba9..0000000000
--- a/examples/simple/library.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#include "opentelemetry/trace/provider.h"
-
-namespace trace = opentelemetry::trace;
-namespace nostd = opentelemetry::nostd;
-
-static nostd::shared_ptr<trace::Tracer> get_tracer()
-{
-  auto provider = trace::Provider::GetTracerProvider();
-  return provider->GetTracer("");
-}
-
-static void f1()
-{
-  auto span = get_tracer()->StartSpan("f1");
-}
-
-static void f2()
-{
-  auto span = get_tracer()->StartSpan("f2");
-
-  f1();
-  f1();
-}
-
-void library()
-{
-  auto span = get_tracer()->StartSpan("library");
-
-  f2();
-}